"Just because you are Latino does not mean you can't be global."
"I've always loved music since I was a little kid."
"When I was, like, 12, I remember grabbing a mic, pretending it was a guitar, and performing in front of my friends. I didn't know at the time I wanted to be an artist."
"I want to inspire people to follow their own dream, not what the world wants for them."
"I want to invite the mainstream into my world and to my sound and to what I'm doing. And I want mainstream artists to respect me and accept Latino artists as equals without us having to sing in English. I want them to know that I can compete globally, with whomever, in Spanish."
"'Donde Estaras,' it is like a classic reggaeton, and we just added some Southern spice to bring it to 2018. But I wanted to go back to the roots of reggaeton, that type of reggaeton that makes you just feel good. You don't know what we are saying but that OK because 'Donde Estas' is where are you at but 'Donde Estaras' is where are you going to be."
"I see myself like what Drake did in the game. I came with melodies and different lyrics, from a different place - reggaeton is from Puerto Rico; Drake is from Canada."
"I want to change the perception about Latinos worldwide. I think people don't know yet how cool we are."
"Kanye and Pharrell are in fashion. Why not J Balvin?"
"When you see a movie, they always put the Latino on the bad side or in a tacky way. It's not like that. Latinos are shining like a diamond."
"I love Bad Bunny. He's changing the game. I think he's doing something very important with his success."
"It's all about the vibes. That's why it's called 'Vibras' in Spanish."
"Even though you don't understand what I'm saying, you are going to really feel it. The same thing happened to me when I used to listen to English music. I didn't even understand one word. You know? But it just makes me feel great."
"Who would have thought that somebody Latino was going to be singing with Beyonce at Coachella? Years ago? Nobody. But I did believe in me. So, that's what I want to do: keep inspiring people as much as possible."
"If you really want to flex, you have to be real."
"We proved to the world that a completely Spanish song can take over the world."
"There's always going to be somebody that don't like you. It's life."
"To be a legend, we have to make a lot of right moves and great music."
"I love Rihanna, but I'm not gonna marry Rihanna."
"The important thing is that I'm clear about the love and respect that I got for Rihanna."
"When you maintain a closeness with your fans, they are more forgiving when you make mistakes."
"My medium is music, but my goal is to motivate people to dream."
"When I would go to the barrio, people saw me as a rich person, but when I'm around rich people, they see me as someone from the ghetto. It's all perceptions. I like moving between worlds. I feel equally comfortable in both."
"For 10 years, I was my own label, my own promoter, my own PR. We borrowed money to print our CDs."
"I want mainstream artists to accept Latino artists as equals without us having to sing in English."
